Hazel Crest vs Lincolnwood

A side-by-side comparison of Hazel Crest and Lincolnwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Hazel Crest and Lincolnwood are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hazel Crest has the higher population (13,493 vs 13,179 in Lincolnwood). Lincolnwood has the higher median household income ($107,950 vs $62,773 in Hazel Crest). Lincolnwood has the higher median home value ($475,400 vs $181,400 in Hazel Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Crest	Lincolnwood
Population	13,493	13,179
Median age	34.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,773	$107,950
Median home value	$181,400	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,439	$3,501
Housing units	5,459	4,987
Homeownership rate	70.3%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Crest	Lincolnwood
Population	13,549 → 13,493 (-0.4%)	12,434 → 13,179 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$54,347 → $62,773 (+15.5%)	$95,030 → $107,950 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $181,400 (+60.2%)	$396,100 → $475,400 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,589 → $1,439 (-9.4%)	$1,894 → $3,501 (+84.8%)

Hazel Crest

Population

13,54913,493

Median household income

$54,347$62,773

Median home value

$113,200$181,400

Median gross rent

$1,589$1,439

Lincolnwood

Population

12,43413,179

Median household income

$95,030$107,950

Median home value

$396,100$475,400

Median gross rent

$1,894$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazel Crest	Lincolnwood
Under 5	5.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.9%
75 and over	9.1%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Crest	Lincolnwood
White (non-Hispanic)	6.5%	60.5%
Black or African American	85.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	26.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Crest	Lincolnwood
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Crest	Lincolnwood
Drove alone	71.1%	61.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	13.5%
Public transit	8.0%	3.3%
Walked	3.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	21.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Crest	Lincolnwood
1-unit, detached	79.0%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Crest	Lincolnwood
Poverty rate	21.4%	4.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1970	1959